Thursday, June 5, 2008 4pm at USF College of Nursing, MDN1001 4202 East Fowler Ave. MDN1001, Tampa, FL 33620	Brian Tolle - Public Art USF College of Nursing Artists Presentations Tolle uses his sculpture as a writer uses words: to tell the story of people, places and circumstances. This event is free and open to the public.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 4pm at USF College of Nursing, MDN1001 4202 East Fowler Ave. MDN1001, Tampa, FL 33620	Beliz Brother - Public Art USF College of Nursing Artists Presentations Brother creates installations based on the specifics of people and the sites they occupy. This event is free and open to the public.
Friday, June 20, 2008 7pm at USF CAM 4202 East Fowler Ave. CAM101, Tampa, FL 33620	Roger Palmer: In Dog Light Gallery Tour and Opening Reception Join us for a Gallery Tour by Tampa-based artist Roger Palmer, followed by a reception to celebrate the opening of his exhibition and the concurrent exhibition the hidden noise: considering the object. This event is free and open to the public.
Thursday, June 26, 2008 4pm at USF College of Nursing, MDN1001 4202 East Fowler Ave. MDN1001, Tampa, FL 33620	Morgan Puett - Public Art USF College of Nursing Artists Presentations Puett, working in collaboration with Mark Dion, created an installation based on nurses’ uniforms past, present and future. She received the GOLDEN LAMP AWARD, for the creation “RN” patch for this project, which is now used in hospitals through out the nation to identify Registered Nurses. This event is free and open to the public.
Friday, August 29, 2008 7pm at USF CAM 4202 East Fowler Ave. CAM101, Tampa, FL 33620	MashUp Reception with Pedro Reyes Join us for an exhibition reception with artist Pedro Reyes. This event is free and open to the public.
Friday, September 12, 2008 USF Marshall Center / Times TBA 4202 East Fowler Ave. Tampa, FL 33620	Colloquium: Art as a Catalyst for Social Transformation The Institute for Research in Art will host scholars, curators, artist collectives, architects and social scientists in this one-day conference. Structured as a platform for questioning and debate, the conference proposes an active discourse focused on the multifaceted implications of socially engaged art. The conference will address the implicit cross-disciplinary collaborations that such projects entail, as they take form within the broader socio-political and economic contexts. Ultimately, participants will attempt to address the role of the artist and the contemporary art institution in formulating a sustained relationship within communities. Participants: Rick Lowe (Artist and Founder of Project Row Houses in Houston's Third Ward, Texas); Dr. Grant Kester (Coordinator, Ph.D Program in Art & Media History, Theory & Criticism and Associate Professor, Art History, Visual Arts Department, University of California, San Diego); Raul Cardenas (Founder of Torolab, a Tijuana-based consortium of artists, architects and designers); Jamie Lerner (Architect, urban planner, United Nations consultant for urban issues and former, three-time, mayor of Curitiba, Brazil) Respondents: Dr. Margarethe Kusenbach (Assistant Professor, USF Department of Sociology), Dr. Alan Moore (Visiting Assistant Professor, USF School of Art and Art History), Wendy Babcox (Assistant Professor of Photography, USF School of Art and Art History), Shannon Bassett (Assistant Professor or Architecture and Urbanism at the USF School of Architecture and Community Design) Organized by Izabel Galliera.
Friday, September 12, 2008 7pm at USF CAM 4202 East Fowler Ave. CAM101, Tampa, FL 33620	Torolab: One Degree Celsius Reception Join us for a reception for the Torolab exhibition with artist Raúl Cárdenas. This event is free and open to the public.